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Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris is sporting a look these days courtesy of taking his knee to his face. The 30-year-old from Regina posted on Instagram earlier this week a video of himself spinning and twisting high above a snowy slope.

QUEBEC — A Quebec judge will deliver sentences in July for two former Quebec major junior hockey players who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a minor in June 2021 at a hotel as their team celebrated a championship win.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Shohei Ohtani is referred to in Japan as “kanpeki no hito” — the perfect person — because of his manners and impeccable behavior.

Jennifer Gardiner used to get asked about plans for the future. Her answer was simple — become a professional hockey player. "But that wasn't really an option," she recalled.

On loan from Switzerland's FC Basel to England's Preston North End, Canadian forward Liam Millar is back on familiar turf. Preston is a 50-kilometre drive from Liverpool, where a teenage Millar started in the academy in 2016.

Calgary Flames goaltender Dan Vladar will undergo season-ending hip surgery next week. Calgary starter Jacob Markstrom has been cleared for full practice and game participation from his lower-body injury, the club said Thursday in a statement.

The first question Canadian middleweight Aaron Jeffery fielded at media day ahead of Friday's Bellator Champions Series card in Belfast was about his trademark mullet.

SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria (AP) — The men’s and women’s downhill trainings at the World Cup finals were canceled on Thursday.

WINNIPEG — Casey Bauman and Joel Dublanko don’t need their new-found dual citizenships to make them feel at home in Canada.

Chris Simon's family says the late NHL enforcer died by suicide. And it "strongly believes" a progressive and fatal disease associated with repeated traumatic brain injuries is to blame.